Cast wheel



April 26, 1927.

Filed Jan. 18. 1926 EQF. WATERBOR CAST WHEEL u felly Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

UNETED STAT-ES PATEN'I ELMER F. W'ATERBOR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTINE M61). SIMP- S0N, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CAST WHEEL.

. Application filed Jann-ary 18, 1936. Serial No. 82,137.

invention relates to cast wheels and one of its objects the provision of wheel including a hub, 'spokes and a so arranged that molding including tue coring is greatly simplified, Another olriect the provision of a cast wheel so constructed that. practically all of the wheel may be formed in one section of the mold. a further object is the provision of a cast wheel so arranged that a one piece core may be used in forming the wheel, With these as well as other objects in view the invention resides in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as incre fully hereinafter set forth.

in the drawings lligure l is a side elevation of a portion of a cast wheel embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is an edge elevation thereof;

Figures 3 and l are cross sections, respectively, on the lines and Ji-1^ of Figure l.

rlhe cast wheel is preferably formed of malleable iron and comprises the hub l, the 2 and the spokes 3 integral with and connecting the hub and telly. The hub is hollow and has the spaced front and rear walls l and 5, respectively, and the peripheral wall 6 connecting these walls. Suitable reinforcing and spacing bars 7 are preferably provided extending between the inner edges of the front and rear walls. The spokes are hollow and have a substantially triangular cross section, each spoke having a rear wall 8 extending in substantially the plane of the rear wall 5 of the hub and having the converging walls 9 extending from the rear wall toward the front side of the wheel. The telly comprises the front and rear side flanges 10 and 11, respectively, and the web 12 connecting these side flanges, the rear side flange being in substantially the plane of the rear walls of both the spokes and hub. The front side flange has a periphery preferably forming a flared seat and the rear side flange terminates in the transverse flange 13 forming a flared seat of greater diameter than the other flared seat, both flared seats being adapted for engagement with a deinountable rim.

Both the web of the felly and the peripheral wall of the hub diverge from the rear to the front sides of the wheel so that their faces.` as well as the faces forrned by the cenverging walls of the spokes, are inclined transversely from the 'rear side of the wheel to theV front, whereby draft is provided for removing the wheel pattern from the incid. Since the rear side of the wheel vis substanti'ally in the saine plane, practically all of the wheel may be formed in one section, such as the drag of the mold, thereby permitting the use of a very shallow cooperating inold section, such as the copeA Also since the channel formed within the felly is uninterrupted and opens radially outwardly of the wheel and since this channel registers directly with the interiors of the spokes which register directly with the interior of the hub, a one piece core may be used in forming the wheel and this core may be accurately positioned with reference to the inold cavity to provide for the proper thickness of the walls of the hub spokes and felly.

To provide fulcruni bearings for the lugs which clamp the deinountable rino upon the felly of the wheel, I form the radially inwardly projecting extensions la at the inner side of the felly 2 with the rabbeted por tions l5 forming transverse bearing shoulders which are engageable with the fuloruin portions of the clamping lugs. Holes 16 are also provided in the side flanges of the felly and radially outwardly beyond the ful cruni shoulders for receiving the clamping bolts.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A cast wheel including a hub, spokes integral with said hub and a felly integral with said spokes having side flanges and a web forming an uninterrupted channel opening radially outwardly of the wheel, said hub, spokes and felly having connected inclined faces extending transversely from one side of the wheel to the other.

2, A cast wheel including a hollow hub, hollow spokes integral with said hub and a felly integral with said spokes having side flanges and a web forming an uninterrupted channel opening radially outwardly of the wheel, said hub spokes and felly having connecting inclined faces extending transversely from the rear face of the wheel to the front face thereof.

3. .l cast wheel including a hollow hub having spaced front and rear walls, and a peripheral wall extending therebetween, hollow spokes of triangular cross section integral with said hub and a felly having spaced side flanges and a web forming an unin- Til terrupted channel opening radially outwardly of the Wheel, one of the side lianges of said felly and one of the Walls of each of said spokes lying substantially in the same plane with one of the Walls of said hub and forming one side of the Wheel, the peripheral Wall of said hub and the web of said felly diverging from one side of the wheel to the other.

4. A cast Wheel including a hollow hub having front and rear spaced Walls and a peripheral Wall extending therebetween, spokes of triangular cross section integral with said hub each having a Wall in sub stantially the same plane as the rear Wall of said hub and a felly integral with said spokes and having front and rear side flanges of diierent height, and a web forming an uninterrupted channel opening radially outwardly of the Wheel, the rear side iange of said Ytelly being in substantially the saine plane as the rear wall of said huh and the web ot' said telly and peripheral wall of said hub diverging from said rear side {iange and rear hub Wall respectively.

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELMER l". WATERBOR. 

